Can anyone advise me of what's gone wrong?
I spent yesterday finishing rebuilding my second caliper and the master cylinder. I took today off to refit them along with the goodridge hoses and when I bled the system, I had brakes.
Now the thing is that when I started the engine, the pedal went to the floor.
I tried bleeding them again, but without any change.
Also, pumping the pedal makes no difference.
I thought the piston might be travelling farther in the cylinder with the servo working, thereby needing additional bleeding but that seems not to be the case.
I only experienced something like this once before when I pushed caliper pistons back without opening the bleed nipples to fit new pads on a car and then had to change the master cylinder. Needless to say, I never did that again
I didn't touch the servo other than to remove the master cylinder and obviously, (I think) I have vaccum as the engine isn't over-revving on idle and there are no hisses to be heard.
I did fit a new "o" ring on the back of the cylinder before refitting it so what's gone wrong?
All ideas welcome